diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0e649f11..4d4fddab9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 - **Internal**
   - refactor `pip` installer, thanks @awsr
   - remove obsolete `lora` stepwise and functional code, thanks @awsr
+  - interrupt model loading between components
+  - patch `rich` for cleaner exception logging
 - **Fixes**
   - add missing `jquery` and `sparkline` js scripts
   - save handle already decoded images
diff --git a/modules/logger.py b/modules/logger.py
index 89f5a2277..d912a4cfe 100644
--- a/modules/logger.py
+++ b/modules/logger.py
@@ -62,11 +62,28 @@ def install_traceback(suppress: list | None = None):
 
 
 
-_log_config = {'debug': False, 'trace': False, 'log_filename': None}
+_log_config = {'debug': False, 'trace': False, 'log_filename': None, 'traceback_panel_patched': False}
 
 def setup_logging(debug=None, trace=None, filename=None):
     global log_file, console, log_rolled # pylint: disable=global-statement
 
+    def patch_traceback_panel():
+        # Rich traceback always wraps output in Panel; replace only traceback-local Panel with passthrough.
+        if str_to_bool(os.environ.get("SD_TRACEBOX", False)):
+            return
+        try:
+            import rich.traceback as rich_traceback
+            if _log_config['traceback_panel_patched']:
+                return
+
+            def _panel_passthrough(renderable, *args, **kwargs): # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+                return renderable
+
+            rich_traceback.Panel = _panel_passthrough
+            _log_config['traceback_panel_patched'] = True
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
     if debug is not None:
         _log_config['debug'] = debug
     if trace is not None:
@@ -177,6 +194,7 @@ def setup_logging(debug=None, trace=None, filename=None):
 
     Padding.__rich_console__ = override_padding
     box.ROUNDED = box.SIMPLE
+    patch_traceback_panel()
     console = Console(
         log_time=True,
         log_time_format='%H:%M:%S-%f',
diff --git a/pipelines/generic.py b/pipelines/generic.py
index 523d24ce3..ca81703ce 100644
--- a/pipelines/generic.py
+++ b/pipelines/generic.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ def _loader(component):
 
 
 def load_transformer(repo_id, cls_name, load_config=None, subfolder="transformer", allow_quant=True, variant=None, dtype=None, modules_to_not_convert=None, modules_dtype_dict=None):
+    if shared.state.interrupted:
+        return None
     transformer = None
     if load_config is None:
         load_config = {}
@@ -101,6 +103,8 @@ def load_transformer(repo_id, cls_name, load_config=None, subfolder="transformer
 
 
 def load_text_encoder(repo_id, cls_name, load_config=None, subfolder="text_encoder", allow_quant=True, allow_shared=True, variant=None, dtype=None, modules_to_not_convert=None, modules_dtype_dict=None):
+    if shared.state.interrupted:
+        return None
     text_encoder = None
     if load_config is None:
         load_config = {}
@@ -253,6 +257,8 @@ def load_text_encoder(repo_id, cls_name, load_config=None, subfolder="text_encod
 
 
 def load_vae_override(pipe, load_config=None, override_cls=None, override_args={}):
+    if shared.state.interrupted:
+        return None
     if (shared.opts.sd_vae in [None, 'None', 'Default', 'Automatic']):
         return
     if (pipe is None) or (getattr(pipe, 'vae', None) is None):